Molecular Basis and Thermodynamics of Bioelectrogenesis : Topics in Molecular Organization and Engineering - E. Schoffeniels

Molecular Basis and Thermodynamics of Bioelectrogenesis

By: E. Schoffeniels, D. G. Margineanu

Hardcover | 31 October 1990

At a Glance

Hardcover


$169.00

or 4 interest-free payments of $42.25 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

Despite the fact that many years have elapsed since the first microcalorimetric measurements of an action potential were made, there is still among the research workers involved in the study of bioelectrogenesis a complete overlooking of the most fundamental principle governing any biological phenomenon at the molecular scale of dimension. This is surprising, the more so that the techniques of molecular biology are applied to characterize the proteins forming the ionic conducting sites in living membranes. For reasons that are still obscure to us the molecular aspects of bioelectrogenesis are completely out of the scope of the dynamic aspects of biochemistry. Even if it is sometimes recognized that an action potential is a free energy-consuming, entropy-producing process, the next question that should reasonably arise is never taken into consideration. There is indeed a complete evasion of the problem of biochemical energy coupling thus reducing the bioelectrogenesis to only physical interactions of membrane proteins with the electric field: the inbuilt postulate is that no molecular transformations, in the chemical sense, could be involved.

Other Editions and Formats

Paperback

Published: 1st November 2011

More in Gardening

The Rookie Gardener - Chloe Foster

RRP $39.99

$31.75

21%
OFF
The Australian Beekeeping Manual : 3rd Edition - Robert Owen

RRP $59.99

$45.50

24%
OFF
Companion Planting in Australia - Brenda Little

RRP $22.99

$20.35

11%
OFF
Milkwood : Real skills for down-to-earth living - Kirsten Bradley

RRP $49.99

$34.90

30%
OFF
Wild Mushrooming : A Guide for Foragers - Ms Alison Pouliot

RRP $49.99

$40.75

18%
OFF
Practical Self Sufficiency - Dick Strawbridge

RRP $42.99

$33.90

21%
OFF
Australian Wildflowers - Puzzle : 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle - Mel Baxter
DAFFODILS : Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden - Naomi Slade
Wild Food Plants of Australia - Tim Low

RRP $34.99

$28.50

19%
OFF
Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney - Les Robinson

RRP $59.99

$39.75

34%
OFF